Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone monolith. It outcrops near the centre of Australia in the southern part of the Northern Territory, 335 km (208 mi) south-west of Alice Springs.
View of Uluru from the ISS
Petroglyphs on Uluru
Driving on the A4 Lasseter Highway from Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park, April 2007
William Ernest Powell Giles, best known as Ernest Giles, was an Australian explorer who led five major expeditions to parts of South Australia and Western Australia.